lobster

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.4.4 See also 1.5 Verb 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English lopster from Old English loppestre (“‘lobster, spider-like creature’”) from loppe (“‘spider’”) + -estre (“‘fem agent suffix’”). More at lop, -ster

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɒbstə/
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[edit] Adjective

lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)

1. red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

[edit] Noun

lobster (countable and uncountable; plural lobsters)

1. A crustacean of the Nephrodidae family, normally red in colour, with claws, which is used as an expensive seafood.
2. (historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
3. (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

[edit] Synonyms

• (crustacean) cray
• (British soldier) lobsterback, redcoat

[edit] Derived terms

• bight lobster
• furry lobster
• globster
• lobsterback
• lobsterer
• lobsterette
• lobsterish
• lobsterlike
• lobsterman
• lobster pot
• lobster shift
• lobster thermidor
• lobstery
• reef lobster
• rock lobster
• slipper lobster
• spiny lobster
• squat lobster
• true lobster

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• crawfish
• crayfish
• prawn
• shrimp
• yabby
• Lobster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Verb

to lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)

1. To fish for lobsters.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of belorst
• bolster
• bolters